Which Adele single won the 2009 Grammy for Best Female Pop Vocal Performance?

Adele’s single “Chasing Pavements” won the 2009 Grammy for Best Female Pop Vocal Performance.

The award was presented at the 51st Annual Grammy Awards on 8 February 2009. “Chasing Pavements” was one of three Adele nominations that night: it also competed for Record of the Year and Song of the Year, but lost those categories. Adele performed the song with Sugarland at the ceremony.

The track was released on 14 January 2008 as the second single from her debut album, 19. Adele wrote it with Eg White after an argument and breakup with an older man. Its title came from questioning whether it made sense to continue pursuing a relationship that was going nowhere.

The other choices are songs from Adele’s early catalog, but none won this particular Grammy. “Hometown Glory” was nominated for the same category at the following ceremony, in 2010, rather than winning in 2009.